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Check this out! I am so Excited!

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My new Summer LIVESTREAM schedule & subject matter list is out!

Mark your calendars, as we are in for a FUN ride!

While I work away on my upcoming Art Tutorial Book for all of you, I have trimmed down my livestream schedule. This frees up some time for me to dedicate to the book as well as pre-plan for our fun livestreams.

Make note of SATURDAY August 1st, 2020 at 2pm PST!

This will be a special live video where I will give you a sneak peak into the upcoming book and a chance to pre-order your copy.

I am sooooo excited!!

Live streaming Platforms that you can watch on:

Summer 2020 Livestreams (2pm PST):

I look forward to seeing you all in the ART PLAYGROUND (a.k.a. my livestreams) and sharing the juicy details on my upcoming Art Tutorial book. Take care & I will see you all soon.

Pastel Play Tutorial July 7th

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Hi Everyone,

Just a quick heads up that we will be playing with our OIL Pastels on Tuesdays livestream at 2pm PST www.nicci.tv .

JOIN ME today at 2pm PST in the Art Playground at www.nicci.tv where we will be smearing, stippling, blending and more with our oil pastels.

To join us in creating, you just need 

  • paper (mixed media, watercolour or bristol paper is preferred)
  • sketch pencil
  • oil pastels
  • oil pastel blending sticks/wands
  • cotton cloth (Scrap piece)
  • cup water 
  • paper towel

See you in class!

Today’s drawing lesson (June 12, 2020)

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JOIN ME today at 2pm PST in the Art Playground at www.nicci.tv where we will be celebrating #fanartfriday by sketching out the Mushroom fair folk from the Disney movie Maleficent 2 Mistress of Evil.

To join us in creating, you just need

  • paper (watercolour or bristol is preferred)
  • pencil
  • black fine liner (permanent ink)
  • water color paints
  • paint brushes
  • cup water
  • paper towel

See you in class!

Free book binding workshop

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Do you want to learn how to make your own art Journal from scratch? for FREE???
Join me on Monday June 8th at 1pm Pacific Standard Time.
You can watch the class on either FACEBOOK at www.facebook.com/NicciDotCA or on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/niccidotca . www.nicci.tv will also take you to my video platform on Twitch.

SUPPLIES required for this FREE 4 hour workshop:
~ 140lb/300GSM watercolour paper sheets 22″x30″ (at least 4 sheets).
~ waxed book binding string in your colour of choice
~ a curved book binding needle (otherwise known as a mattress needle)
~ scissors
~ bone folder for creasing your paper
~ An Awl (a small pointed tool used for piercing holes) for poking holes through your cover and paper sections. A piece of scrap wood or thick cardboard to place under your work to save your desktop from holes. You might also need a rubber mallet.
~ Matte acrylic paint
~ A Little Golden Book (or similar hard cover small book), that we will take apart and turn into our journal cover. (LGB’s are 6.5″ x 8″)
~Scissors
~ an old dull butter knife or something similar to pry the spine of the LGB (Little Golden Book) apart.
~ a pencil for making where you want to make your holes.

Extra Supplies (optional):

  • matte finish acrylic paint
  • your favourite stamps and ink pads
  • fancy ribbon or lace
  • embossing powers and a heat gun
  • ephemera

Invite your friends!!!!

Art Painting Give-A-Way!!!!

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Instagram Contest

To be entered in this draw for the painting shown in the attached photo today on June 01, 2020, you must do each of the following on my Instagram post. (CLICK image above to be taken to my instagram account and enter as directed there. Please NOTE that this only works if you do all the following on the photo I posted on Instagram today.) :

  1. Like the photo on instagram.
  2. Share the photo from my instagram page on your  page/profile.
  3. Tag a friend in the instagram photo comments who may also like my artwork (Do not spam anyone, please).
  4. Comment on the instagram post with your name and tell me how you heard about this contest. (NOTE: If you heard about this from one of my followers & you tag their name, they will receive an entry as well.) 

Notes & Disclaimer: This contest will run from 4pm PST on June 01, 2020 until 4pm PST on June 2nd, 2020.   The winners name will be drawn at 2:10pm PST on Wednesday June 3rd, 2020 during my live stream at www.nicci.tv. 

The winners name will be posted on Instagram at 4pm PST on June 3rd, 2020.

The PRIZE will be the original painting I create during the live stream on June 01, 2020 from 2-4pm PST on www.nicci.tv .

The WINNER must provide a full name and mailing address to myself, Nicci, through private message no later than 2pm PST on June 10, 2020 otherwise they forfeit their prize. The winner must also solve this equation “1 + 1 = ___ ” .

NOTE: The artwork cannot be reproduced in any way, by anyone, other than by the Artist. Artist retains copyright.

Good Luck!

#artdraw #niccidotca #bigeyes #thenicciface #artist #giveaway #goodluck #art #artcontest

FREE ~ Come make a junk/art journal with me!

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Use what you have, make one from scratch or buy one you love!

Gather your supplies and meet me in my virtual art studio this holiday Monday, April 13, 2020 at 2pm PST! You can find the classroom on TWITCH and FACEBOOK for the live videos.

CLICK HERE for Twitch.

CLICK HERE for facebook .

Below are a few samples of the journals I have bound so far on my own 🙂 .

Many people have made art journals from book covers from our childhood and sell them online, if you prefer to go that route. An Artist well known for it is Tangie Baxter, and you can purchase one here from her and her handy husband: Art Journaling The Magic Journals (CLICK ME).

Supply list (what I can think of right now 😉 ) :

  • art paper (ie: can be one or a mix of the following for your pages: mixed media, watercolour, bristol, card stock, or tomoe river paper)
  • scrapbook paper
  • paint (I will be using acrylic (matte finish) and watercolour paints)
  • a few paint brushes (flat and round). I will most likely be using a #6 or #8 round, a #8 shader, 1/2 and 3/4 flat. NOTE: most of my brushes are from the dollar store.
  • a good clear drying craft glue, mode lodge or acrylic medium (matte finish).
  • any art stamps and ink pads you have.
  • coloured inks (if you have any)
  • embossing powders and glitter (if you have them)
  • washi tape (if you have it) for decorating and/or creating ‘tip-ins’.
  • Art Stencils and & stencil blending brush if you have them.
  • a heat gun or hair dryer (if you have one)
  • permanent black ink marker (not alcohol based). I will be using a ‘F’ and a ‘M’ sized Faber Castell PITT pen and my favourite, a refillable Pentel brush pen.
  • scissors (regular size). If you have small ones for fussy cutting that is a bonus 🙂 .
  • watercolour pencils or crayons (if you have them)
  • Gelli plate (optional) for making backgrounds. NOTE: I probably won’t use mine.
  • ephemera (i.e.:ticket stubs, photos, magazine pages, ribbon, scrap paper, die cut images, stickers, beads, take-out menus, A.T.C.’s (Artist Trading Cards), colouring book pages, etc). Anything that you have that you think may be fun to add in really. 🙂
  • Binding supplies (if you are making a book). An Awl (a small pointed tool used for piercing holes) for poking holes through your cover and paper sections. Either book binding thread and a needle or duct tape. I will be using waxed thread and a curved needle (as seen in the photo below).

If you would like to prepare your pages (cut them to size), make sure that when they are folded in half, that they are a little bit smaller in width than the cover you plan on using. FOR EXAMPLE: If you will be using a GOLDEN BOOK for your cover, my pages measure (un-folded) 11″ wide by 7″ high. When they are folded in half, they measure 5 1/2″ wide x 7″ high. If I were to use a GOLDEN BOOK cover as my cover, I may choose to use 3 pieces of 11″x7″ for each signature in the book. In total I may choose to have 4 signatures (3 pieces of art paper in each one) in my booklet, plus any other scrapbook pages, etc that I choose to add in.

If you are using a different size of cover, you will need to make your page sizes different as well (to align with your cover).

If this is confusing, don’t worry. We will go over it at 2pm PST on Monday.

Just make sure that you have some sheets of paper to paint on, on Monday. If you have 12″ x 9″ sheets of paper to work on for then, you will be in great shape. TIP: You can keep some at a longer length for a few tip-in pages.

Please share this post with anyone that you know that may like to join in on the fun.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT during this FREE class:

  • painting, stencilling, doodling, stamping and other mark making
  • tip-in pages
  • creating page tabs
  • glueing, smearing and blending galore….lol!
  • Introductory to book binding
  • Some chatting and hopefully some laughs along the way 🙂

See you in the ART STUDIO!

April 13-17, 2020 from 2-4pm P.S.T.: Creating our Art/Junk Journals

  • Monday: page cutting and creating backgrounds. You may want a colour scheme….just a thought.
  • Tuesday: stamping and creating die cuts of our own.
  • Wednesday: incorporating scrapbook papers and planning tip-ins, and pockets.
  • Thursday: t.b.a.
  • Friday: Journal lay out plans and binding.

April 20-24, 2020 from 2-4pm P.S.T.: Working in our Journals

  • Monday: TBA (we will plan this during the 1st week)
  • Tuesday: TBA
  • Wednesday: TBA
  • Thursday: TBA
  • Friday: TBA

Please SHARE this post with anyone that you know that may like to join in on the fun.

Are you there World? It’s me, Nicci…

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It’s funny what our brains can do to us or for us, isn’t it?

Here I am, safe at home, with some of my family right here with me. I have food, I have a cozy bed, safe walls round me, art supplies to play with and a world to virtually connect with. We are not at war. I am safe at home.

In truth, I am one very lucky lady, aren’t I? Don’t get me wrong, I know this. I do.

But lately I am getting more moments. Moments that make you wonder if it is worth it…all this work I am doing here in my tiny art studio. Creating highly discounted family friendly content (e-courses & art live streams) to help break up the monotony for others as they hang out in their homes.

Is anyone really enjoying what I am doing?

Am I helping?

Yesterday, I almost chickened out right before I was scheduled to go LIVE on Twitch and Facebook. I was shaking inside. What was I doing?

I looked at myself in the computer monitor, took a deep breath and clicked on the GO LIVE button.

The first sketch was a struggle. I was still self-doubting myself.

Then a funny thing happened.

People started to comment in the chat about how they liked my funky character sketch even though I did not.

My mood began to change. I was starting to feel better.

Someone was there with me & in their own way they told me that it was okay and to keep going forward.

We truly are all in this together.

It turns out that I was helping these people take their minds on a visual journey for a moment out of the day and also make them feel less alone.

We are all worth these moments in time. We all must put one foot in front of the other and just go for it. Who knows where one little decision will take you.

Just keep on keeping on.

Step – Leap – Jump!

I’m right here with you

xoxo

Nicci

Shhh… this is just for you

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Are you bored? Are you tired of talking to yourself in the mirror for company? Is your pet now avoiding you and your bizarre behaviours?

It’s time for you to try something new!

Make this an adventure! Treat this time as a gift!

Do you work better with visual stimulus? JOIN ME in my studio!

Facebook channel (CLICK ME)

Twitch channel (CLICK ME)

Do you want some prompts to spark your creativity, be it written or visual:

I have a family friendly ART announcement for you

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We are entering a new world, a smaller world. A world where community is truly bigger than we ever viewed it as being before.

We need to support one another. Help where we can with the knowledge and skills we have.

Today, I am announcing how I will be doing that with all of you. Please take a few moments and watch my video below. Know that I plan to do more, but this, at least, seems to be a good start.

Join me. From my safe space to yours, we are in this together and together, with all of our combined skills, I believe we can make a better, more loving future for us all.

Take care, support your community however you can and let’s make good in our lives.

Love to you all

xoxo

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